I read the pronoun "she" in the Bible so rarely that it's really all I can focus on today. I know that the prohpet is talking about a city, but it's interesting to read it as direct comments on me. I'm not about to jump off the church-feminism ledge - but I like tripping across this every now and again and it changes the way I read the scriptures. It's more confrontational than the universal "he" or "men" that I have to consciously remember includes me, too.
"she does not accept correction, she does not trust in the Lord, she does not draw near to God" (v. 2) and "the Lord within her is righteous" (v. 5). I could spend months on those verses alone.
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